The last book of wonder . ONE HOUSE ON THE PINNACLE LOOKING OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD The Last p| ^i?0o£ 0/ Wonder BY Lord Dunsany With Illustrations by S. H. SIME <-. ;-\- ?,.47/ BOSTONJOHN W. LUCE & COMPANY Copyright, 1916,By John W. Luce & Company / 3/ 7 n 6 12 .nil* Preface Ebrington BarracksAug. 16th 1916. I do not know where I may be when thispreface is read. As I write it in August 1916,I am at Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry,recovering from a slight wound. But itdoes not greatly matter where I am; mydreams are here before you amongst thefollowing pages; and writing in a day whenlif
The last book of wonder . ONE HOUSE ON THE PINNACLE LOOKING OVER THE EDGE OF THE WORLD The Last p| ^i?0o£ 0/ Wonder BY Lord Dunsany With Illustrations by S. H. SIME <-. ;-\- ?,.47/ BOSTONJOHN W. LUCE & COMPANY Copyright, 1916,By John W. Luce & Company / 3/ 7 n 6 12 .nil* Preface Ebrington BarracksAug. 16th 1916. I do not know where I may be when thispreface is read. As I write it in August 1916,I am at Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry,recovering from a slight wound. But itdoes not greatly matter where I am; mydreams are here before you amongst thefollowing pages; and writing in a day whenlife is cheap, dreams seem to me all thedearer, the only things that survive. Just now the civilization of Europe seemsalmost to have ceased, and nothing seemsto grow in her torn fields but death, yet thisis only for a while and dreams will comeback again and bloom as of old, all the more Preface radiantly for this terrible ploughing, as theflowers will bloom again where the trenchesare and the primroses shelter i
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